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The Family Connection Center: an innovative visiting program.

P Hess1, G Mintun, A Moelhman

  • 1Indiana University School of Social Work, Indianapolis.

Child Welfare
|January 1, 1992
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Child-family visiting in out-of-home care is crucial for reunification. Purchase-of-service agreements facilitate this process between voluntary and public agencies, supporting child welfare outcomes.

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Area of Science:

  • Child Welfare Studies
  • Social Work Practice
  • Family Law

Background:

  • Child-family visiting is central to reunification decisions in out-of-home care.
  • Purchase-of-service agreements can facilitate collaboration between public and voluntary agencies.
  • Visiting services are also relevant for children of divorced parents with high conflict.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the role of purchase-of-service arrangements in child-family visiting.
  • To examine the coordinated operation of visiting services between agencies.
  • To understand the application of visiting services in different family contexts.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of purchase-of-service models in child welfare.
  • Description of coordinated visiting processes.
  • Case examples of voluntary agency involvement.

Main Results:

  • Purchase-of-service arrangements enable shared responsibility for child-family visiting.
  • Coordinated efforts can enhance the visiting process for children in out-of-home care.
  • Voluntary agencies can provide specialized visiting services for diverse family situations.

Conclusions:

  • Collaborative service models, like purchase-of-service, are effective for child-family visiting.
  • Structured visiting supports permanency planning and family reunification.
  • Flexible service delivery can address the needs of children in various challenging family circumstances.

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